Letter
from the chairman
Dear Colleagues,
It was great to see so many of us at the conference as delegates
We will continue to push that matter.
and presenters. We hope it was a social and learning experience
for those that attended. As members you can access many of the The SAVC has a legal presentation on the TOPS legislation to the
talks on our website Department of Environmental Affairs and is awaiting a response from
the minister.
Your committee, with your input and legal help, has been
pushing hard to develop input for the Veterinary and Para- The 9th Veterinary & Paraveterinary and SASVEPM Congress will be
Veterinary Professions Act, respond to the Draft General Medicine held from 25th July in Pretoria http://savetcon.co.za/Congress2017/
Regulations and the late inclusion of veterinarian in section index.php. There will be a wildlife parallel session on the 26th.
22 of the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Act.
Our responses will be posted on our website and your input is Enjoy reading the great CPD article from Dr Rick Last and Dr Michele
welcome. We are also pushing the Medicines Control Council on Miller’s overview of diseases in rhinos.
the legislation affecting compounding of drugs to make it practical
and relevant to us. We initially made progress, but the response
has been slow of late.
All the best
Greg
2017
MAY
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